Electric flash lamp or lantern.



A. L. EDWARDS ELECTRIC FLASH LAMP 0R LANTERN.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 13. 1915.

1 15%;} 55 Patented Aug '31, 1915.

INVENTOR ALONZO L. EDWARDS, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR T0 WHEELING STAMPING COMPANY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

ELECTRIC FLASH LAM]? OR LANTERN.

Application filed May 13, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALoNzo L. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Electric Flash Lamp or Lantern, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is-a side elevation, partly broken away, of an electric lamp or lantern embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View, with the cover removed, and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail sectional views, showing the parts which form the electric circuits.

My invention has relation to electric flash lamps or lanterns, and is designed to provide a lamp or lantern of this character which may be cheaply manufactured, and having means whereby the outer casing which carries the lamp may be readily and easily connected with the battery cell placed within the casing.

My invention also provides a lamp lantern of this character in which the electrical connections are entirely independent of the cover of the casing, which may be removed without in any way affecting the operation of the lamp or lantern.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the'accompanying drawings, in which I have shown a preferred embodiment thereof and which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

In these drawings the numeral 2 designates a cylindrical casing having a removable cover 3 closing its upper end and designed to contain a battery cell 4. The casing is provided a short distance below its upper edge with a laterally extending cylindrical boss 5 containing therein a lam socket 6 and engaged by the socket 7 of a lamp reflector 8.

9 is a conducting strip which is insulated from the casing, and which is adapted for contact at 10 with one terminal of the electric lamp 11. This strip is electrically connected, as best shown in Fig. 5, with a conducting strip 12 which engages the binding screw 13 on the carbon terminal 14 of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915. Serial No. 27,799.

another flexible conducting strip 17 adapted to engage the other terminal 18 of the cell, and which is electrically connected, as best shown in Fig. 5, with a conducting strip 19. The strips 17 and 19 are insulated from the case, as indicated at 20. The strip 19 has a dependingtongue 21 which is adapted to beelectrically engaged and disengaged by a movable contact or switch lever 22 which has its end portion 22 'in electricalcontact with the interior surface of the casing.

In inserting the cell into the casing, the strips 12 and 17 are bent upwardly into the positions indicated in Fig. 3. After the cell has been inserted, these are bent downwardly into engagement with the cell terminals and are secured thereto. When the switch member 22 is in position to make contact with the tongue 21 of the strip 19, the lamp circuit may be traced as follows: From terminal 14 to strip 12, to strip 9, to one terminal of the lamp, from the other terminal of the lamp to the casing 2, thence to lever 22 and through strips 19 and 17 to the other terminal of the cell. One end portion of the switch lever 22 projects outwardly through an arcuate slot 23 in the easing into position to be engaged and moved by the fingers.

The parts which form the electrical connections between the battery and the lamp can be readily stamped or cut from sheet metal, making a very cheap and simple construction. The user can readily insert and connect or disconnect and remove a cell from the casing. The casing may be provided with any suitable handle 2-1 and also with a swinging bail 25.

It will be obvious that the form and arrangement of the several and of the switch lever without departing from my invention.

I claim:

1. An electric flash lamp or lantern, comprising a cell, an inclosing casing therefor carrying a lamp socket and a lamp, flexi ble conducting members secured to but insulated from the interior of the casing and having means for engaging the terminals of the cell, one of said members having an electrical connection with one terminal of the lamp, and a switch member arranged to electrically connect and disconnect the other conducting member and the casing, the cas ing having a removable cover, and the switch member being mov'ably mounted and, movable independently of .the cover, substan-. tially as described.

2. An electric flash lamp or lantern, comprising a cell, an inclosing casing therefor carrying a lamp socket and a lamp, flex'ible conducting members secured to but insulated from the interior of the casing and having means for engaging the terminals of the cell, one of said members having an electrical connection with one terminal of the lamp, and a switch member arranged to elec trically connect and disconnect the other conductingimemleen and the casing, said members having portions which are bendable from asubstantially vertical position into a substantially horizontal position, substantially as described.

3. An elegtrical flash lamp or lantern, comrisin a cell an inclosin casin therefor my hand.

ALONZO L. EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. WOEBER, D. J. Moms. 

